How long does it take to read An Echo in the Darkness?
An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers takes about 8 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Mark of the lion
Previous: Voice in the Wind Next: As Sure as the Dawn
About 8 hours 17 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1994. 452 pages, about 124,300 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This classic series has inspired over half a million readers. Turning away from the opulence of Rome, Marcus is led by a whispering voice from the past into a journey that could set him free from the darkness of his soul. A prosperous trader, Marcus Lucianus Valerian has made a fortune providing sand and slaves for the Roman games. But Hadassah, a slave in his family's household, has enchanted him with her quiet beauty and her staunch faith in Christ. When Marcus' sister sends Hadassah to almost certain death in the games, Marcus feels that his life has been ripped apart. Now he is on his way to Jerusalem to find out more about Hadassah's god, unaware that a miracle awaits him back in Rome.
Subjects: Fiction, Church history, Women slaves, Historical Fiction, Fiction, religious, History
